Argumentative Essay On Bigfoot

Bigfoot is one of the most well-known and controversial urban legends in the world (Pekinois). There are many different arguments to prove that Bigfoot does and does not exist. There are some unexplained phenomenons that may give hope to the possibility that Bigfoot is real but most evidence of Bigfoot can be proven to be something else and just because there is no explanation now that does not mean there never will be one.

Bigfoot is also called Sasquatch and Yeti; there is some controversy on if these are all the same or if they are different. Some people believe that these are the different names for the creature in different parts of the world. Those who do not believe they are all the same believe that in the Himalayas, it is the Yeti, in

Canada, it is the Sasquatch, and in northwest United States, it is Bigfoot. The Yeti alone has controversy on being a descendant of the polar bear.
Bigfoot’s appearance is quite unique. “Bigfoot is described by believers as being between six and eight feet tall with a large forehead and pronounced brow, like a cave man’s, and a rounded, crested head like a gorilla’s. He is covered in brown or red hair and has enormous feet that are his namesake, with the biggest estimation at a whopping two feet long by eight inches wide,” (Today I found out). This description varies slightly depending on the person giving the description but still matches up for the most part.
The story of Bigfoot arose in America in 1958 when a construction worker, Gerald Crew, found large footprints on the site he was working on. Later, after the death of Ray Wallace, it was revealed by Wallace’s family that he had created the footprints. The next major sighting of Bigfoot occurred in 1967 when Roger Patterson caught “Bigfoot” on film. Some people thought that it was a set up and was not an actual creature but Patterson opposed by saying the unique features of Bigfoot like the one he caught on camera would be almost impossible to recreate.
There has been an abundance of “evidence” to prove Bigfoot’s existence. First and foremost being the number of sightings, people do not believe that there can be that many sightings and it be fake. Another reason people think it has to be real is because of the intricate details in the footprints that have been found. Though people have tried, nobody has been able to prove that the Patterson- Gimlin Film was either fake or real. Native tribes also have traditional stories that describe something very similar to what is now described as Bigfoot. Another thing people think to be proof are sound recordings of Bigfoot, they say these sounds are unlike any other animal.
There may be many examples of why Bigfoot is real, but there are just as many, if not more, reasons why Bigfoot does not exist. A very logical reason for Bigfoot not being real is that there are no fossils of Bigfoot, every other animal in this world, or that previously were, have fossils to prove their existence, Bigfoot does not. There have also been no dead Bigfoot bodies or any droppings of DNA such as hair or excretion substances, all of these things must be inevitably dropped by a living creature at some point. It is also said that a sighting is not actual evidence because your eyes can deceive you and people could lie about what they have seen. Pictures such as the one below are also used as evidence. This picture and ones like these are what most “Bigfoot believers rely on,” (Discovery News). These pictures are not good evidence though because they are so dark and pixelated that you would not be able to tell what this is even if it were just a bear or another common animal. This picture could even just be seen as a normal human because there is no size comparison in the picture.
The first story of Bigfoot was in 1884, since then there have been countless sightings all over the world of Bigfoot-like creatures (UnMuseum).

It is said that Bigfoot has been seen in every continent but Antarctica. The most recent recorded Bigfoot sighting was on September 9, 2015 in Bedford Virginia (BFRO). This wide range of time shows just how popular this particular urban legend is.

Bigfoot has been found to have some interesting “facts” about him. It is said Bigfoot can run up to 30 mph, cannot sneeze and does not like bananas. Many of these facts come from things people have discovered from captured Bigfoots There have been 69 recorded sightings (Bigfoot finder). In Africa there has been one, in Asia two, in Canada seven, in Europe two, in the United States fifty-five, and two with unspecified locations.

In conclusion, Bigfoot is known and has been “seen” all over the world. The controversy on his existence may never be solved. There is so much evidence to prove both his existence and the ladder. The choice is to decide which to believe until one can be proven fully true. Bigfoot is an extremely controversial urban legend that may not be a legend at all, nobody knows for sure, although they might think they

do.